2GA1 (Pat Hatcher)
Together as One
Interview 22 September
2006
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I'm doing great Mike and thanks for asking.
Tell me about yourself, bit of background, where your from, your family.
My name is
Patricia, but everybody calls me Pat. I love music. As a kid I used to
sit in the bathtub and sing the Jackson 5 and Stevie Wonder songs.
What's it like at the moment post Katrina - is everything coming
together - Darry's from New Orleans isn't he - you most be deeply effected by
the disaster ……and the politics that followed!
Yes it was. But Thank God ever
body is OK
How did you two get together, over 10 years ago now. What
band were you working with at the time
A band by the
name of The Heavy Storm Band. We didn't know each other at the time but
we were both working with the same band just different nights so they wanted to
put the two of together to see who they would keep and who they would let
go. The chemistry we had was so strong they had to keep us both.
And shortly after 2GAI was formed, so you had the whole concept
thought out from an early stage?
Yes we did.
And how has it built from those early days to what it is now.
A lot of
patience and understanding. We started with a two piece set and we built
into a force to be reckoned with. At least I think.
And what kind of things have you done along the way.
We traveled a
lot and meant a lot of beautiful people.
Tell me about the first release in 1998 More Loving - how did that
do.
You know Mike,
'More Loving' isn't actually our first release. We started with this song
called 'Room 21' which we released on cassette only in 1994 and the second
release was 'This Love is Real' but of course we were still in a learning stage
so I don't think the quality of the mastering isn't all that great. But,
the songs themself are beautiful the have the same power and effect if not more
than 'More Loving'. But, 'More Loving' was a great success it opened the
market too us on a broader aspect.
This built into an Ep and now the album
Yes
Tell me about the album, hows it going down
The album is
still going well we are very proud of it, though we are working on our new CD
we will alway be proud of our very full length CD.
I think it's quite strong, what are the challenges and
difficulties as an independent
Money
Together as one is a great track, and as you know Sweet thing has
gotten attention in the UK, what kind of feedback have you got from outside the
US
Oh the best,
it is a true saying that a profit is not honored in his own hometown so we went
across the pond and found ya'll. Not saying that we not loved down here
in the states, because we do have wonderful fans here and we love them
all. We could never forget where we came from and how we started.
The vocals and the chemistry between you is the strong point on
the album, and you embrace a wide variety of styles, slow and emotional, old
skool, bit of rock and some church - who are you're influences and what do you
draw from
We have a lot
of great influences, like of course Chaka Khan, Ramsey Lewis, David Ruffin,
Gladys Knight, Anita Baker, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Barkays, EWF, Rance
Allen, The Hawkins, The Winans the list just goes on and on.
One More records - is that you, do you have any other projects
Yes 'One Mo`
Records LLC is ours we also have a publishing company which is very important
in the music business.
Pat, tell me about how music played a part in your formative
years, and what other things you did in the early days.
My mother was
a Gospel Singer and I always admired her singing. I used watch her get
ready and daydream about how I would be when I grew up. I wrote my first
song in the sixth grade for my graduating class back in the....aahhaa. I
knew my calling a long time ago.
And what has Darryl done
Oh he's
absolutely amazing the things he has done. He's performed at the Seanger
Theatre in New Orleans he's perform or opened shows for people like the Winans,
Andre Hawkins and countless others.
Do you do many gigs, whats your show like.
Yes we
do. Well all I can say is when we walk off the stage, they always ask for
one mo, which is how we got our name for our record label 'One Mo` Records'
How do you see yourself fitting into the current marketplace
We are not
where we would like to be but, we're not giving up. It is so many Indie
Artist out today which makes better for us. What the big labels wont or
dont do we are able to do it ourselves it just takes a little more time.
You happy with the way things are working out.
Not quite,
there is always more room for improvement.
What is your following like locally.
Our following
is great we have the best fans. We have people who cook for us, pass out
flyers and whatever else they can do. We are all on a first name bases we
have everybody phone number and everybody have ours. Our following age
range from 11yrs old to 84 which is our oldest fan.
What are your ambitions
I would like
to first complete about 5 more albums a couple of personal albums of my
own. I would like to write songs for others and well as get in the movie
business I have this great movie in my head it's been there for about 6 years I
can't even tell you what it's all about, but it isn't about my life
story. We both want to produce more and I want to open a chain of
resturants in about 5 years, because I love to eat and so does everybody else
of course I will have live entertainment.
What other things do you like to do
writing songs, fishing, dancing and working out.
Darryl composing music, building water falls yes building water
falls, water gardens and working with hungry (for music).
Anything else you'd like to say
We'd like to say thank you for this interview and don't hesitate
to call on us for anything.